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Egypt bodybuilders feel pain but no gain in virus lockdown
Jun 24, 2020
CAIRO — Egypt’s musclemen are frustrated with working out from home due to coronavirus restrictions and are raring to get back to gruelling ...
Yemenis turn to herbal remedies as fears mount over virus toll
Jun 24, 2020
TAEZ, Yemen — As medicines run short and hospital wards overflow, Yemenis are resorting to traditional herbal remedies to protect themselves ...
Syria refuses to 'bow' to US sanctions
Jun 23, 2020
DAMASCUS — Syria refuses to "bow" to Washington's demands under the latest US sanctions, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Tuesday, say ...
France playing 'dangerous game' in Libya — Turkey
Jun 23, 2020
ISTANBUL — Turkey on Tuesday fired back at France, accusing it of "playing a dangerous game in Libya" by supporting military leader Khalifa ...
S. Arabia curbs Hajj as Germany locks down district after abattoir outbreak
Jun 23, 2020
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it will dramatically scale back the Hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites next month because of the co ...
Libya unity gov't says Egypt threat 'declaration of war'
Jun 23, 2020
TRIPOLI — Libya's UN-recognised Government of National Accord on Sunday denounced Egypt's warning of military intervention in Libya, labelli ...
Water hyacinth pest chokes Iraq’s vital waterways
Jun 22, 2020
KUT AL BADAA, Iraq — The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking — but they are suffocating the ...
Renewed clashes in Tunisia’s deprived south
Jun 22, 2020
TATAOUINE, Tunisia — Protesters demanding jobs and the release of an activist in Tunisia's marginalised south clashed on Monday with securit ...
Egypt's Sisi warns of 'direct intervention' in Libya
Jun 21, 2020
CAIRO — Egypt's president warned on Saturday that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an Egypti ...
Yemen southern separatists take control of Socotra Island
Jun 21, 2020
ADEN — Yemen's southern separatists have seized control of the strategic island of Socotra, further undermining the government, which is bat ...
Obama to host Gulf leaders in May
Apr 18, 2015
UN says ‘differences’ emerge in Libya peace talks
Apr 18, 2015
Israeli military networks breached by hackers — researchers
Apr 18, 2015
UN envoys hear doctor’s account of Syria chemical attack
Apr 16, 2015
No breakthrough in UN nuclear watchdog’s Iran talks
Apr 16, 2015
Iraq PM welcomes Iran aid, but says must respect sovereignty
Apr 16, 2015
Lebanese TV contempt trial opens at Hariri tribunal
Apr 16, 2015
UN presses Libya peace talks under shadow of drownings
Apr 16, 2015
S-300 sale to Iran prompted by progress in nuclear talks — Putin
Apr 16, 2015
Palestinian rams car into bus stop, killing Israeli
Apr 16, 2015
Cargo ships stuck off Yemen as fighting worsens food supply
Apr 15, 2015
Saudi-led air raids pound rebels in Yemen’s Aden
Apr 15, 2015
Iraq PM says Yemen could stoke regional war, slams Saudi operations
Apr 15, 2015
Daesh seizes village in Iraq’s Anbar province
Apr 15, 2015
Egypt to demolish headquarters of Mubarak’s old party
Apr 15, 2015
Bomb in north Egypt kills two military academy students
Apr 15, 2015
Nuclear deal depends on lifting of sanctions — Iran
Apr 15, 2015
Obama sees ‘serious progress’ in fight against Daesh
Apr 14, 2015
Israel grants entry to Palestinian medics’ cars
Apr 14, 2015
Somali Al Shabab militants kill 15 in education ministry attack
Apr 14, 2015
Iran vows ‘irreversible steps’ on nuclear programme if matched by West
Apr 14, 2015
Libya talks in Algiers ‘great success’ — UN envoy
Apr 14, 2015

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